The Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) hosted Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans and Forces Dr. Kathleen Hicks aboard USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) Feb. 7. Hicks, who holds a doctorate in Political Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Tech
A team of 12 troops from Uganda, part of the African Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), received vessel protection training from French and Ukrainian specialists in Mombasa. The training is the second in an ongoing scheme and part of the comprehensive approach to improve AMISOM capabilities, in this case
The lives of 11 Sailors were commemorated during the ship’s first burial-at-sea ceremony aboard amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21) Feb. 5. Although the Navy has honored veterans with the tradition of a burial-at-sea for many years, this was New York’s first burial-at-sea ceremony.
Britain’s most advanced warship has paid her first visit to Jordan on the latest stage of her maiden deployment. HMS Daring sailed into Aqaba where she trained with Jordanian counterparts, welcomed royalty and local VIPS, and gave her ship’s company the chance to visit the ancient city of Petra. Sai
The commander of Navy Warfare Development Command (NWDC)provided the media an opportunity to observe how Bold Alligator 2012, the largest amphibious exercise in 10 years, was controlled and synthesized Feb. 8. BA12 incorporates a wide-variety of amphibious operations that revitalize Navy and Marine
The La Fayette Class Frigate, FS ACONIT, will join the EUNAVFOR counter piracy Task Force on 11 February. FS ACONIT has been in operational service with the French Navy since 1999 and has a displacement of 3,600 tons. The French ship joins OP ATALANTA operations with the mission to protect vulnerabl
Amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) welcomed France’s newest amphibious craft Feb. 7 as part of the joint operations that make an essential piece of Exercise Bold Alligator 2012. A landing catamaran, or LCAT, entered the well deck of Wasp as a test of the interoperability between the French cra
MOSAIC (Modular Open System Architecture Integrated Concept) is a family of modular ships, representing an excellent solution to the need of an effective and modern combat component, both littoral and off-shore. These vessels derive from the Comandanti Class Corvettes, but their most distinguishing
Amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) started “D-Day” operations Feb. 6 as Exercise Bold Alligator switches from its initial stages into full exercise combat operations. “D-Day” marks the transition to land operations, where more than 3,600 Marines, Sailors and Coast Guardsmen representing 11 cou
The Supply department aboard amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) was named winner of the 2012 Capt. Edward F. Ney Memorial Award for Food Service Excellence, Feb. 3. The announcement was made by Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus via official naval message in ALNAV 010/12, released Feb. 3.
The U.S. Navy awarded Raytheon Company a $39.6 million contract for Fiscal Year 2012 production and delivery of the AIM-9X Block IIinfrared-guided air-to-air missile. The contract, which modifies a previously awarded contract, was announced on Jan. 31 by the Department of Defense. About the AIM-9X B
Royal Navy destroyer HMS Liverpool has sailed alongside the Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov as she made her way north around British waters. The Portsmouth-based Type 42 warship was acting as fleet escort as she followed a carrier-led Russian task group from the English Channel off the so
The deputy chief of staff for strategy, resources, and plans at U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa and a team of delegates completed a three-day visit to Casablanca, Morocco, to engage in staff talks with the Royal Moroccan Navy, Feb. 3. The visit focused on the U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa and Roya
Friends and families of the crew from USS Louisville (SSN 724) gathered at the submarine piers at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam to say goodbye as the Los Angeles-class submarine departed for a scheduled Western Pacific deployment, Feb. 7. “The submarine is in excellent material condition thanks to
